Archive: March, 2013

Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Sunday, March 31, 2013, 11:55 PM

This just in: The Flyers have some fight in them, after all.
Depleted by injuries to their defense, they have still managed to get points in three straight games and have climbed to within two points of the eighth-place New York Rangers in the East.
They stunned the visiting Washington Capitals in...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Saturday, March 30, 2013, 1:12 PM

With about 400 fans cheering loudly, the Flyers unveiled a statue of Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent hoisting the Stanley Cup during a ceremony Saturday morning outside of Xfinity Live.
The seven-foot bronze statue commemorates the Flyers’ championship teams in 1974 and 1975, and it sits outside...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Saturday, March 30, 2013, 12:27 PM

Ed Snider, the Flyers' chairman, said GM Paul Holmgren's job is safe after a stirring ceremony unveiling a statue of Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent at Xfinity Live on Saturday.
Asked about the status of coach Peter Laviolette, Snider said he and Holmgren would talk after the season.
Not exactly a...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Saturday, March 30, 2013, 11:45 PM

So far, so good.
Oliver Lauridsen made an impressive NHL debut on Saturday, helping the Flyers surprise the Boston Bruins, 3-1, and inch to within four points of eighth place in the East.
The 6-foot-6, 220-pound Lauridsen was part of a makeshift defense that was used because of injuries to Braydon...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Saturday, March 30, 2013, 8:44 AM

Flyers coach Peter Laviolette is not second-guessing himself because of injuries sustained last week by Danny Briere and Nick Grossmann.
In PRACTICE.
"They were pretty freak things,” Laviolette said on Friday.
Briere suffered a concussion and is sidelined indefinitely. Grossmann has been “day...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Friday, March 29, 2013, 11:42 AM

The Flyers are recalling defenseman Oliver Lauridsen, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound Denmark native to replace the injured Braydon Coburn.
Lauridsen, who just turned 24, has played almost two full seasons with the AHL Phantoms. A stay-at-home defenseman, he had six points in 59 games with Adirondack this season...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Friday, March 29, 2013, 2:59 AM

Braydon Coburn became the latest Flyers defenseman to go down with an injury.
Coburn suffered an unspecified second-period injury and did not return in the Flyers’ 4-3 shootout loss to the visiting New York Islanders on Thursday.
In the last six days, defensemen Nick Grossmann, Andrej Meszaros...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Thursday, March 28, 2013, 11:14 AM

The Flyers recalled Erik Gustafsson from the minors while the Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Jarome Iginla.
Yeah, that sounds like a perfect way to describe the way this season has gone for the two bitter rivals.
The Flyers have lost seven of their last nine games, incluidng three in a row, and are...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 1:02 AM

It wasn’t that the Flyers lost to the New York Rangers that was so surprising on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
It was the WAY they lost.
The Flyers played without emotion and dropped a 5-2 decision, slipping into 14th place in the 15-team Eastern Conference, seven points behind the...
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 11:28 AM

Based on Tuesday's morning skate, Tye McGinn will play left wing on the top line tonight against the New York Rangers.
McGinn, recalled from the Phantoms on Monday, will be on a unit with Claude Giroux and Jake Voracek.
Ilya Bryzgalov will make his 30th start in 32 games for the Flyers, who have...
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